Architecture postcards

David Liaudet is a French illustrator and printer. Among his hobbies is collecting postcards of the “modern”, which have as their main subject architecture. Over the years he has accumulated considerable material, which he generously made available to the public (as it was also the case for the Web Architecture Magazine, saved of digital oblivion by a fan). is web-site is named Architectures de cartes postales.
The theme of the postcard and architecture is not new, just think of the information that Rem Koolhaas had taken from his participation to various collectors’ meetings in New York in the Seventies, often at the core of whole parts of “Delirious New York”.

Liaudet collection is stunning, with a particular pitch on France (60ish, 70ish).

Founded in 1961 by Piera Peroni , the magazine Abitare has followed the international story of living, architecture and design, with features on developments in lifestyles and the way we inhabit places